By Ajibola Adedoye
Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, the Customs Area Controller of Apapa Port Command has announced generating a total sum of Two Hundred and Sixty-Four Billion, Four Hundred and Fifty-Five Million, Five Hundred and Eighty-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Two Naira, Fifty-Six Kobo (N264,455,587,792.56) for the month of October, 2024 being the highest monthly collection in the history of Apapa Port Command.
The CAC made this known while briefing journalists at the Conference Room of the Command on Monday, November 4, 2024.
According to him: “From Janurary to October 2024, we generated a total sum of One Trillion Eight Hundred and Seventy-Five Billion, Three Hundred and Sixty-Two Million, Three Hundred and Sixty-Nine Thousand, Two Hundred and Fourteen Naira Four Kobo (N1,874,362,369,214.4) higher than the Nine Hundred and Thirty-One Billion, One Hundred and Twenty Three Million, Nine Hundred and Ninety-Eight Thousand, Two Hundred and Thirteen Naira, Eighty-Eight Kobo (N931,123,998,213.88) generated in the corresponding period in the year 2023, showing 101% increase over last year’s revenue figure.
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“With this record, we are hopeful of meeting and even surpassing our target of N2.2 trillion as the year 2024 winds down” Comptroller Olomu assured.
Speaking further, the CAC stated that “as the Nigeria Customs Service Management is driving a modern and paperless system, the Apapa Port Command is also gearing up to migrate from the old system to a new system while maximizing the benefits of what we have presently. Nevertheless, the Command has keyed into the trade facilitation tools like the AEO and Advanced Ruling to ensure seamless movement of both import and export cargoes.
“Furthermore, in line with the Federal Government agenda of Ease of Doing Business, the Apapa Port Command operates on Saturdays and Sundays to ensure that importers take delivery of their cargoes devoid of any delay. We also have an intra government working systems where all government agencies work together as a team without compromising the mandates of our respective agencies. Equally, we have a wider Customs-Stakeholders Forum where only issues partaining to Customs alone are looked into and addressed as and when due. It is noteworthy to state that just last week, the Command facilitated the first shipment of cargo to Kenya under the AfCFTA regime” he noted.
CAC Olomu later handed over six containers carrying falsely declared and unwholesome pharmaceutical and controlled products to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
“This handover further underscores the robust Inter-Agency collaboration between Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and sister government agencies in the port. It further demonstrates our ability to prevent illicit importation from entering the Nigeria market through the port” Comptroller Babatunde Olomu stressed.
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